A review by alexture
Mother Ocean Father Nation by Nishant Batsha

Jaipal and Bhumi are estranged siblings. The first is a young gay man working as a bartender, the second a brilliant biology student, both of them living on a small West Pacific island. When the dictator starts discriminating against « Indians » more and more, they're worried - when discrimination turns into plain government harassment, it's too late to leave. Jaipal tries to survive, while Bhumi, their mother's favourite, finds out she has a passport ready and is eligible for refugee status in the United States. Their two destinies keep getting further, as both of them try to build a world and a life wherever they are.

A compelling and horrifying read.

As a teenager, I was obsessed with dystopias, and was extremely sad when the genre finally came to pass. Now that I'm all grown up, I read contemporary novels and see the dystopia in them.

This one is an easy one, but the fact that it's based on real slices of history horrifies me - and even more so the fact that I had no idea.